ESA - Venus Express - Climate and Evolution

Europe goes to Venus

Tribute to the cryptic planet Penetrating an impenetrable world Past missions to Venus

About Venus Express

Venus Express mission facts Venus Express objectives The spacecraft Orbiter instruments The launcher Operating Venus Express

About Venus

Venusian geography The surface Acid clouds and lightning Greenhouse effect, clouds and winds Venus compared to Earth

Meet the team

International collaboration Project Manager: An interview with Don McCoy Project Scientist: An interview with Håkan Svedhem Launch Campaign Manager: An interview with Michael Witting Spacecraft Operations Manager: An interview with Andrea Accomazzo Venus Express Flight Control Team Principal Investigators

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Climate and Evolution

28 November 2007

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The magnetometer (MAG) on board ESA’s Venus Express detected wave signals that show evidence of lightning in the atmosphere.

Credits: ESA (Animation by C. Carreau)

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These images of the surface of Venus were taken by the Soviet Venera 13 lander in 1982.

Credits: Venera 13/Russian Academy of Science

How did Venus turn out like this?

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This cartoon shows the escape of light atmospheric gases from a planet's gravitational field.

Credits: Carter Emmart

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This cartoon shows the processes involved in climate evolution on Venus: volcanic gases, clouds, chemical reactions at the surface, chemical reactions in the atmosphere caused by ultraviolet light, and the escape of gases to space.

Credits: Carter Emmart

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Signals recorded by the magnetometer (MAG) on board ESA's Venus Express on 9 June 2006 from an altitude of 305 km, show evidence of lightning flashes at high northern latitudes on Venus.

Credits: MAG/Venus Express/ESA, Russell et al., 2007

Looking at Venus

ESApod: Venus Express

For the media

Latest Venus Express results - media pages Media Press Kit Venus Express brochure (pdf)

Articles in this release

Latest Venus Express Results Venus: Earth’s twin planet?The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere The restless atmosphere of Venus Caught in the wind from the Sun

ESA to present the latest Venus Express results to the media Setting stars reveal planetary secrets 500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming Venusian rendezvous results: chapter one